This is my reality – for the moment.
It’s 7:23am. I’m sitting in my favorite chair, at my favorite place (my porch) with my favorite mug (creamy white) filled with my favorite beverage (cream & French roast coffee). Next to me on my little stone table is a plate of fruit (strawberries, bananas, pineapple) and cheese (white cheddar) on my favorite plate (Tuscan red).
The birds are singing and it’s about 70º. I have my favorite throw (amber chenille) over my legs and feet with this computer on my lap. I’m planning to write about another topic straight from my dreams (and it’s a very strange subject for a dream!)
Illusion is the topic, but I’m going to give it a twist. It’s not about illusion and magic, but illusion in regards to reality. In fact I’m thinking of these titles – “illusional reality” or “the reality of illusion”. Let’s see which wins – if either.
One of the ways I write is to just write and edit later – that way is comes from my heart. Ok … I’m ready to tackle this … let’s see where it’ll take us.
When I woke up the other morning – about 3:00am – I wrote down these words … “Illusion – what’s up is down, what’s down is up, what’s here is there, what’s there is here, what’s fast is slow, etc….” I’ve written about this before – questioning what really IS truth. And I think (I’m not checking to confirm this) I left it that truth had to do with perspective. Whether it’s mine, yours, theirs, or other-worldlies.
For now, let me use an example of Illusion from my World of Furniture – a real place, with a real punishment/reward system — sell furniture (get money to pay my bills – a great reward!) or don’t sell furniture (make no money … work very hard for nothing – a dreary punishment!). Anyway, more to the point … I must consistently behave a certain way towards my customers, which is to be conversational, friendly, caring, questioning and solutions-oriented – in other words, it’s my JOB to form a relationship with a stranger. I have to do it well so that they are comfortable with who I am when they leave (so that they will remember me if they return).
Oh friends, so much of that behavior is simply learned and programmed – it’s the “illusion” or “hat” I put on when I enter the furniture store. It’s so hard at times, too, because I would love just to be me (really me). Rather than give a summary of me, just know that what I write in my posts and in my books is really me.
Here is the application, though. We all live a public life, a private life and let’s just say an “inner/spiritual life”. Whatever we choose to reveal in our public and private lives – in other words, whatever reality we put out there there is a choice. We can choose to be ourselves or not. That’s the freedom we have that no one can rob us of. But there’s one place that I suggest that we be true to ourselves – and that’s in our “inner life”. This is where we make things real anyway – from the Spirit part of us – which (or who) is the Real Us!
That’s what my books are about – “makeovers for you and your home” have to do with getting in touch with your Real Self so that you can live your dreams, and also be able to live in the home of your dreams.
For most of the Non-Dreamers in the world … dreams are simply an illusion. The here and now is the reality. But to those of use who have relearned, or are in the process of learning, how to embrace our true selves and our dreams – it’s our dreams that we believe will eventually replace the here and now of today, and will one day become our NEW reality.
Ok which title will win … how interesting, neither wins. I realized that throughout this post, my subject is more about believing and dreaming. That’s reality. And as we dream it, hopefully we’ll experience it “for real”.
So … That’s all Folks … Talk to you soon and Love to you all …